I wish we had Ricky Ponting playing for us......

..... Is the common phrase said by many a people (including myself) in our 1st XI. The question is often debated, how many runs would someone like Ricky Ponting score if they played in the Aire Wharfe Valley C division? I say they would hit every ball (barring 1 or 2) for 6. Thoughts?

Originally Posted by Top_Cat

1) Had double pneumonia as a kid, as did my twin sis. Doctors told my parents to pray that we lived through the night. Dad said **** off, I'm an atheist, you ****s better save my kids, etc. Then prayed anyway.

Would literally never get out, if his heart was in it. That is, if he was captaining Australia in your league. I doubt he would care to ton up if he played for a regular league side though.

Sreesanth said, "Next ball he was beaten and I said, 'is this the King Charles Lara? Who is this impostor, moving around nervously? I should have kept my mouth shut for the next ball - mind you, it was a length ball - Lara just pulled it over the church beyond the boundary! He is a true legend."

Nah. Even a world-class batsman mistimes the odd ball that they really shouldn't. Look at the amount of batsmen who get out to long-hops; they can hit the ball literally anywhere and get themselves out through poor selection.

Would score more hundreds than fail... he could easily end with an average in four figures if he put his mind to it. Looking at the overseas players playing in our local leagues - and these aren't first-class players - they rarely fail. One Queenslander, who's just been given a full state contract, ran up four consecutive tons in April and May.

I could see him getting something like 500 runs in a 50 over match TBH.

Facing around 150 balls... averaging around 3.5 runs a ball...could be done, Napier did it the other day. Possibility that he skies one though. If he batted fairly conservatively - i.e. not smashing across the line, even if he was going to six-hit a lot - then he'd be 250* at the end of a 50 over innings. If he bowled his offspin properly as well he'd be pretty useful, especially towards the end of the season when he'd practiced a bit more.